CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1971

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1971.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1971?

United States produced the most CO₂ out of all countries, followed by Russia and Germany.

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1971?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 4365.46 28.16 0.59
2 Russia 1528.7 9.86 6.12
3 Germany 1037.24 6.69 1.09
4 China 909.21 5.86 12.53
5 Japan 796.54 5.14 3.72
6 United Kingdom 660.39 4.26 1.2
7 France 493.39 3.18 7.16
8 Ukraine 484.74 3.13 6.11
9 Canada 352.29 2.27 3.26
10 Poland 312.88 2.02 2.87
11 Italy 311.05 2.01 4.95
12 India 191.96 1.24 5.64
13 South Africa 168.4 1.09 12.56
14 Kazakhstan 166.56 1.07 6.03
15 Czechia 161.98 1.04 4.89
16 Australia 151.12 0.97 2.2
17 Netherlands 140.67 0.91 -0.8
18 Spain 128.46 0.83 10.01
19 Mexico 126.19 0.81 10.74
20 Romania 125.66 0.81 4.73
21 Belgium 121.37 0.78 -3.28
22 North Korea 107.45 0.69 46.24
23 Brazil 102.34 0.66 9.47
24 Iran 101.63 0.66 10.72
25 Argentina 88.85 0.57 7.5
26 Sweden 84.51 0.55 -8.43
27 Belarus 69.83 0.45 6.13
28 Hungary 69.2 0.45 -1.05
29 Uzbekistan 64.42 0.42 6.38
30 Bulgaria 64.22 0.41 4.98
31 Venezuela 62.5 0.4 -16.1
32 Saudi Arabia 59.76 0.39 32.06
33 South Korea 58.53 0.38 8.97
34 Denmark 57.0 0.37 -8.12
35 Austria 52.07 0.34 2.84
36 Slovakia 51.76 0.33 4.9
37 Turkey 47.64 0.31 11.88
38 Switzerland 41.89 0.27 4.08
39 Finland 40.54 0.26 0.45
40 Indonesia 38.96 0.25 8.84
41 Serbia 34.18 0.22 7.76
42 Azerbaijan 33.03 0.21 6.19
43 Nigeria 32.25 0.21 49.87
44 Taiwan 31.47 0.2 9.54
45 Colombia 30.28 0.2 6.74
46 Iraq 28.83 0.19 20.72
47 Greece 27.75 0.18 15.02
48 Philippines 27.55 0.18 11.31
49 Norway 27.17 0.18 -2.9
50 Kuwait 27.12 0.17 8.38
51 Chile 27.06 0.17 9.82
52 Moldova 26.11 0.17 6.15
53 Lithuania 25.87 0.17 6.33
54 Estonia 25.33 0.16 6.13
55 Vietnam 24.5 0.16 -13.02
56 Egypt 23.01 0.15 6.27
57 Ireland 22.48 0.14 15.89
58 Libya 21.63 0.14 -33.05
59 United Arab Emirates 21.17 0.14 38.94
60 Turkmenistan 20.86 0.13 6.27
61 Cuba 19.59 0.13 5.01
62 Pakistan 19.44 0.13 -5.19
63 Thailand 19.2 0.12 25.07
64 Algeria 18.65 0.12 23.84
65 Peru 18.59 0.12 4.64
66 Malaysia 16.66 0.11 14.24
67 Latvia 16.61 0.11 6.17
68 Portugal 16.38 0.11 7.48
69 Singapore 16.28 0.1 -8.73
70 Israel 16.22 0.1 -2.06
71 New Zealand 15.05 0.1 6.13
72 Kyrgyzstan 14.41 0.09 6.11
73 Luxembourg 13.19 0.09 -3.94
74 Croatia 12.71 0.08 7.71
75 Curacao 12.17 0.08 -12.97
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.75 0.08 7.77
77 Georgia 10.24 0.07 6.24
78 Slovenia 9.69 0.06 7.7
79 Hong Kong 9.15 0.06 9.03
80 Qatar 9.14 0.06 20.93
81 Syria 8.87 0.06 33.45
82 Zimbabwe 8.73 0.06 7.1
83 Morocco 8.19 0.05 12.42
84 Tajikistan 8.18 0.05 6.18
85 Trinidad and Tobago 8.1 0.05 -9.94
86 Brunei 7.51 0.05 -8.44
87 Bahamas 6.72 0.04 161.75
88 North Macedonia 6.53 0.04 7.6
89 Uruguay 5.8 0.04 1.15
90 Jamaica 5.75 0.04 15.21
91 Armenia 5.51 0.04 6.31
92 Lebanon 5.3 0.03 34.51
93 Myanmar 5.1 0.03 10.56
94 Sudan 4.56 0.03 2.64
95 Albania 4.35 0.03 16.27
96 Ecuador 4.22 0.03 -1.37
97 Tunisia 4.21 0.03 12.55
98 Zambia 3.79 0.02 0.55
99 Kenya 3.68 0.02 19.53
100 Mozambique 3.61 0.02 21.14
101 Bangladesh 3.61 0.02 -5.19
102 Dominican Republic 3.52 0.02 13.32
103 Angola 3.41 0.02 -4.82
104 Sri Lanka 3.19 0.02 -11.12
105 Bolivia 3.06 0.02 23.16
106 Bahrain 3.04 0.02 17.26
107 Mongolia 3.03 0.02 6.53
108 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.96 0.02 9.19
109 Gabon 2.84 0.02 36.62
110 Panama 2.6 0.02 18.14
111 Tanzania 2.46 0.02 39.43
112 Cote d'Ivoire 2.45 0.02 9.48
113 Guatemala 2.44 0.02 6.22
114 New Caledonia 2.42 0.02 1.07
115 Ghana 2.28 0.01 -13.09
116 Oman 2.09 0.01 792.19
117 Yemen 1.97 0.01 -21.46
118 Afghanistan 1.89 0.01 13.36
119 Cyprus 1.88 0.01 10.62
120 Ethiopia 1.85 0.01 11.97
121 Suriname 1.71 0.01 6.59
122 Jordan 1.65 0.01 6.35
123 Costa Rica 1.53 0.01 22.29
124 Liberia 1.52 0.01 5.05
125 El Salvador 1.51 0.01 5.64
126 Nicaragua 1.51 0.01 7.32
127 Guyana 1.5 0.01 -5.1
128 Iceland 1.47 0.01 6.04
129 Uganda 1.44 0.01 -0.35
130 Senegal 1.35 0.01 3.36
131 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.35 0.01 -12.97
132 Honduras 1.33 0.01 -4.27
133 Montenegro 1.16 0.01 7.78
134 Madagascar 1.03 0.01 5.66
135 Papua New Guinea 0.82 0.01 19.05
136 Guinea 0.81 0.01 2.78
137 Cameroon 0.81 0.01 26.95
138 Aruba 0.81 0.01 -12.97
139 Sierra Leone 0.8 0.01 -6.41
140 Congo 0.69 0.0 19.87
141 Malta 0.66 0.0 -0.55
142 Paraguay 0.63 0.0 -14.79
143 Fiji 0.55 0.0 5.62
144 Malawi 0.5 0.0 10.48
145 Barbados 0.48 0.0 12.82
146 Greenland 0.47 0.0 23.08
147 Antigua and Barbuda 0.43 0.0 -7.94
148 Laos 0.42 0.0 -26.28
149 South Sudan 0.41 0.0 2.64
150 Haiti 0.4 0.0 4.75
151 Eswatini 0.4 0.0 9.0
152 Mauritania 0.4 0.0 -6.84
153 Mauritius 0.4 0.0 -20.59
154 Togo 0.32 0.0 14.67
155 Benin 0.29 0.0 3.9
156 Faroe Islands 0.26 0.0 1.43
157 Cambodia 0.25 0.0 -78.75
158 Bermuda 0.23 0.0 1.61
159 Niger 0.23 0.0 6.63
160 French Polynesia 0.23 0.0 16.98
161 Macao 0.23 0.0 10.71
162 Mali 0.23 0.0 12.73
163 Nepal 0.2 0.0 -12.9
164 Somalia 0.19 0.0 -13.56
165 Central African Republic 0.18 0.0 -12.28
166 Palau 0.16 0.0 21.62
167 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.16 0.0 -12.97
168 Djibouti 0.16 0.0 15.79
169 Burkina Faso 0.15 0.0 5.13
170 Chad 0.15 0.0 20.59
171 Belize 0.14 0.0 18.18
172 Liechtenstein 0.12 0.0 4.68
173 Nauru 0.09 0.0 33.33
174 Christmas Island 0.08 0.0 21.05
175 Burundi 0.07 0.0 17.65
176 Guinea-Bissau 0.07 0.0 5.26
177 Saint Lucia 0.07 0.0 5.56
178 Equatorial Guinea 0.07 0.0 80.0
179 Rwanda 0.06 0.0 6.25
180 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 45.45
181 Gambia 0.05 0.0 15.38
182 Grenada 0.05 0.0 8.33
183 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.05 0.0 30.0
184 Solomon Islands 0.05 0.0 18.18
185 Samoa 0.04 0.0 25.0
186 Cape Verde 0.04 0.0 0.08
187 Seychelles 0.03 0.0 12.5
188 Comoros 0.03 0.0 0.0
189 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 33.33
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.03 0.0 0.0
191 Dominica 0.03 0.0 0.0
192 British Virgin Islands 0.02 0.0 20.0
193 Tonga 0.02 0.0 -28.57
194 Montserrat 0.01 0.0 0.0
195 Cook Islands 0.01 0.0 0.0
196 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 0.0 -25.0
197 Bhutan 0.0 0.0 0.0
198 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0